No. 03-14-00713-CV 

In The Court of Appeals 

For the Third Judicial District 

Austin, Texas

GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND 

KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, 

 Appellants, 

v. 

CGG VERITAS SERVICES (U.S.), INC., 

 Appellee.

On Appeal from the 

353rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas 

APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED THIRD MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS: 

In accordance with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d), 

Appellants Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and 

Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, move for an extension of time to 

file its brief. Appellee does not oppose motion. 

I. 

Appellants’ brief is currently due on April 15, 2015. Appellants seek a 6-day 

extension, which would make its brief due on April 20, 2015. Two previous extensions 

have been granted. 

ACCEPTED

03-14-00713-CV

4886053

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

4/14/2015 3:41:21 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/14/2015 3:41:21 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk
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Appellants seek an extension due to counsel’s workload commitments, and not 

for purposes of delay. Appellants’ counsel requests a six-day extension due to the 

scheduling of a hearing in a different case. The Fifth Circuit has set a hearing on the 

United States of America’s motion for stay pending appeal in Case No. 15-40238, State 

of Texas, et al. v. United States of America, et al. (5th Cir. 2015). The hearing will take place 

on April 17, 2015. Each side has been granted an hour for argument in that case. 

Due to the commitments involved in traveling and preparing lead counsel for 

that hearing, additional time is requested for Appellants’ counsel to facilitate finalizing 

and filing of Appellants’ brief in this case. 

II. 

For this reason, counsel for Appellants respectfully requests that the deadline to 

file Appellants’ brief be extended to April 20, 2015. 

 
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PRAYER

Appellants respectfully requests that the Court grant it a 6-day extension of time 

to file its brief, making that brief due on April 20, 2015. 

 Respectfully submitted. 

 KEN PAXTON

 Attorney General of Texas 

 CHARLES E. ROY

 First Assistant Attorney General 

 SCOTT A. KELLER

 Solicitor General 

 /s/ April L. Farris 

 APRIL L. FARRIS

 Assistant Solicitor General 

 State Bar No. 24069702 

 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

 P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) 

 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 

 Tel.: (512) 936-2923 

 Fax: (512) 474-2697 

 april.farris@texasattorneygeneral.gov 

 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS

 
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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

 I hereby certify that on April 14, 2015 I contacted counsel for Appellee. Counsel 

does not oppose this motion. 

 /s/ April L. Farris 

 April L. Farris 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been 

electronically filed and served via File&ServeXpress on April 14, 2015, to the following: 

Amanda Taylor 

State Bar No. 24045921 

James F. Martens 

State Bar No. 13050720 

Lacy Leonard 

State Bar No. 24040561 

MARTENS TODD LEONARD & TAYLOR

301 Congress Ave., Suite 1950 

Austin, Texas 78701 

Tel.: (512) 542-9898 

Fax: (512) 542-9899 

ataylor@textaxlaw.com 

jmartens@textaxlaw.com 

lleonard@textaxlaw.com 

Counsel for Appellee 

 /s/ April L. Farris 

 April L. Farris